Revolving sleeping-car seat



Nov. 25, 1924.

' J. L. OCONNER REVOLVING SLEEPING CAR SEAT Filed May 1. 1924 Patented Nov. 25, 1924.

@NBTEE i JOHN L. OCUNNER, '13 TAFT, CALIFORNIA.

REVOLVING SLEEiPi'NG-CA'R SEAT.

Application filed May 1, 192%. Serial No. 7103278.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN L. OCONNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taft, in the county of Kern and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Revolving Sleeping-Gar Seat, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to revolving sleeping car seat structures and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a revolving seat structure and means for shifting and guiding the same in order that all of the seats of a sleeping car may be turned and moved so that they face in the direction in which the car is traveling and thus eliminating the necessity of requiring some of the passengers to ride backwards as is the custom under the prevailing arrangement of seats.

lVith this object in view the structure includes tracks which aremounted upon the floor of the car and which are provided with sections which are bowed away from the side wall of the car. Seat stands are provided with rollers and the said rollers are adapted to travel upon the tracks. Snap devices are provided upon the stands and are adapted to engage the track rails whereby the said stands are held at desired points along the tracks. Seats are pivotally mounted upon the stands and may revolve thereon when elevated slightly with relation to the stands. When the stands are moved over the bowed portions of the tracks the said seats may be revolved in that their corner portions may clear the sides of the car. After the seats have been turned they may be moved along the tracks until the ends of the seats are brought in contact with the sides of the car and all of the seats of the car are spaced at regular intervals apartand are all turned facing the direction in which the car is traveling.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of the seat showing the same arranged back to' back as they would be when the car is used for, sleeping purposes and when berths are supported between the groups of seats.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement when about to be transformed from a sleeping car to a day coach.

Figure 3 -is a side elevation of the seat showing the same upon the track and engaged thereon.

Fig m'e i is :a :side elevation of :one of the seats with parts broken away and parts removed and with the seat elevated with relation to vthrstand.

' As shown in Figures 1 and 2 of "the drawing the side wall of the car is inclicated :at the tine 1, tracks 2 are arranged upon the floor of the car, said tracks having sections 3 which are approximately parallel with the side 1 of the car and in tcrmediate sections 4: which are bowed away from the side wall 1 of the car. The tracks 4 are provided with suitable sockets 5. Each seat includes a stand 6 mounted upon rollers 7 and the rollers 7 are ar- .ranged to travel upon the tracks 2. The

stand 6 is provided with snap members 8 which are adapted to engage in the sockets of the track. Each stand 6 is provided at its upper portion and at its center with a relatively deep socket 9 and at the vicinity of each corner with relatively shallow sockets 10. The seat 11 is provided at its under side with a pivot 12 adapted to be received in the deep socket 9 and the seat is provided at its under side and in the vicinity of its corners with a stud 13. The studs 13 are received in the socket when the seat 11 is properly positioned upon the stand 6.

When it is desired to transform the arrangement of the seat from that shown in Figure 1 of the drawing to a seat arrangement wherein the said seats are facing all in the same direction and spaced at regular intervals apart those seats of which are arranged with their backs toward the front end of the car are moved along the track ways and then the seat 11 is turned upon the stand 6 when the stand is over the bowed section l of the track rails. Thus the corners of the seats 11 may clear the side wall 1 of the car and when the seat has been reversed it is lowered so that the studs 13 enter the sockets 10 and then the stand 6 is moved along the track so that it is midway between the next adjacent seat and with its end in close proximity with the side wall 1 of the car.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A convertible car seat structure comprising track rails arranged along the side of the car and having sections which are disposed parallel with the side of the car and other sections whichare moved away from the side of the car, a wheel mounted stand adapted to travel upon the track and a seat tnrnably mounted upon the stand and means for holding the seat at a fixed position with relation to the stand.

2. A convertible carseat structure comprising track rails arranged along the side all of the car and including sections which are parallel with said side wall and other sections which. are bowed away from the wall, sockets provided upon the track rails, a stand mounted upon rollers, said rollers arranged to travel upon the track rails, snap members carried by the stand and adapted to engage in the sockets of the track rails and a seat revolubly mounted upon the stand.

3. A convertible car seat structure comprising track rails disposed along the side wall of the car and having sections which are parallel with said wall and other sections which are bowed away from the wall, a stand having rollers arranged to travel upon the tracks, said stand being provided at its center with a relatively deep socket and provided at its upper side and in the vicinity of its corners with relatively shallow sockets, a seat provided at its under side and at its center with a relatively long pivot adapted to enter the socket at the center of the stand, said seat being provided at its under side and in the vicinity of the corners with sockets adapted to enter the sockets at the corner portions of the stand.

In testimony whereof I ZLlllX my signa ture.

JOHN L. OCONNER. 

